Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-21
HoNoRs FOE An AagxR1cAM
LADY.

The other day. al the School Of Med
cine In Paris, young American lady
Miss Elizabeth y. Bradley, after a sew
en- years course Of study ct this inst
tuition, publicly defended & scientific
thesis before q board Of examiner an
pointed By the faculty. The cerernonv
Il defending thesis Is the fna 6xef
cise which b exacted ~ a PaFisfAn
medical student preparatory 70 receiv.
ing the college diploma. The occasion
always draws together the friends o.
the student, and Is generally fringed
and variegated with fun and frOlic
with gifts of flowers, and with a com
plimentary dinner 20 the new-made
doctor Of medicine. But the chief fen-
ture Of this jubilant day Is a severe ex-
animation OF the candidate by the col
lege big-wigs, who sid In solemn state
aFrayed in red silk gowns and wearing
scarlet eaps-a costume like that Of the
Venetian senators in the play Of
"OthellO.S The candidate. whether
male or female, Is dressed Ia a black
gown, with q white fehu. And when
Miss Bradley stepped into the arena.
clad In this traditional garb, the gen
eral comment Of the audience was:
How like P0rtin In the trial scene
d the Merchant Of Fenicefs"
10 was known 70 Mss Bradley's col
leee mates and Other friends that her
thesis would BE on I" fodism,n aud that
she had taken d year TO write an elab-
crate book on the subject, which will
soon be repuhlished in English from
the original French. Il was known,
also, that the scientific views which she
a.. =.
thesis were, in several points, wholly
original with the writer, and would In
all probability excite a very lively dis
cussion between herself and the E4-
aiming Board. This expectation was
not disappointed. For an hour and a
half she was questioned with great
shrewdness and ability by four OF the
leading professors OF the Ecole de Med
ecine--Doctors Fournier, Gautier, Por-
Chef and Robin. Each Of these gentle
men had previously received q copy of
Miss Bradley's bold book, and they had
brought their copies 20 the examining
with mulhtudinous marks Of inferno
cation on the margins, showing that
the new treatise had not only been
carefully read, but had excited much
curiosity and attention. Miss Bradley
had the great advantage Of an unhaek-
neyal theme. which she shillfully illus
trated By 3 nueleroes list 81 nuiamihar
facts. Her yeaRs Investigations have
been rich In " finds"
Her triumph was Of a very peculiar
character. Her four examiners said TO
her, with admiring lrankness:
You have been working new field
we cannot agree with many Of your
conclusions; further investigation may
lead either yourself or US 20 different
views; but, meanwhile, you have pre-
sensed to the college thesis which does
you uncommon honor, and for which
we unanimously award you the maxi
mum mark OF merit"
After this announcement Miss Brad
ley was entertained at dinner by Miss
Augusta Klumpke, the first female
physician who has ever been admitted
70 practice in the hospitals Of Paris.
Both these ladies are Americans; Miss
Klumpke from San Francisco and Miss
Bradley from New York. The grand
father OF the latter, Henry Bradley,
was once q candidate for the Governor
ship Of the Empire State; her father,
Ogden Bradley, Is banker: and the
Right Rev, Bishop Neaiy, Of Maine, is
her uncle.
On the day after Miss Bradley's vic
torious tia with her learned examiners
Professor Pupin, the secretary q the
Medical G0llege Of Paris, saia b her,
IN the presence OF large company Of
students. both male and female
" MademOiSelle, We are proud Of you,
and II you return TO America It Is not
heeatse you cannot have q career in
France"